Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-02
OGDEN CITY.
CITY COUNCIL.
The Busy Meeting of Last Friday
Night.


Night.
On Friday afternoon the Ogden Areo-
pagus assembled in full force again,
three Salt Lake papers being represented
by reporters to one from Ogden. Multi
farious business was done from which
chop the most generally important topics.
A committee OF John A. Dix Post, No.
3, g. A. R., invited the municipal au-
thorities to attend the exercises OF Me-
mortal Day, grant the use of the Pavilion
and appropriate $50 to pay the Ogden
Brass Band Referred to committee on
public grounds.
Eliza Gibbons, an elderly INDECENT
woman, asked for a free license to carry
on little business. Refereed to License
Committee
The iremen wished that they be ex-
empted from payment OF the dog tax, as
had been their privilege in days gone
by. This did not mean that every fire.
man must, but that he can, have one dog.
So granted.
Some regularly licensed hotel-keepers
asked for protection against unlicensed
people keeping boarders and dodgers.
The License Committee will wrestle with
the thorny problem. Voice at report
er's table-"Now it's coming on to Mrs.
Dewis.")
Newton Farr and James Greenwell APP
piled for city lots. Referred, as were
the applications of n. P. P. st. Clare and
j. H. Barratt.
The Claims Committee recommended
that an appropriation be made for the
relief of the hotel assessor, the total
amount of taxes unrecoverable being
$76.25, including $35 of the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company.
The stock OF the Pullman Palace Car
Company being not assessable, it was re-
solved to refer to the Law Committee the
question OF framing license for the Pull
man company's local business office.
The Council was bound ''to get even"
with the Pullman Palace Car Company.
The Committee on Water Supplies
brought up the matter of the water tank
on Fourth street hill, whence the June
ton Printing Company and after that the
Herald company have been deriving
their motive power for over six years.
Sidney Stevens still had one-twenteth
interest in the tank and the water right,
while the city had, by previous arrange
ments, come into ownership and control
of the other nineteen-twentieths. The
Herald moving into other (Peery's) quar-
tiers, whittier it would want to take the
water from the tank, it was becoming
necessary to close all the foreign interest
out of the concern. The committee were
authorized to come to an agreement with
Mr.. Stevens.
Alderman Reeve reported that the
Street Committee had expended during
the last two weeks $500.11, good work
having been accomplished in various
parts, on Fifth street to Wall street COM
pleted, Wall street northward, etc.
Nearly all OF this expense had been bv
the running of the gravel tramway now
operating on Fourth street. No recon.
mendations as vet to the opening of the
streets in the southern portion The
closing of Fourth street would be would
be attended to as soon as the railroad
companies were heard from through their
representatives, the G.. P. joining with
the u. P. 1t was not to be expected,
however, that definite action would be
taken at a very early date; still, the con-
tinuation OF the work on the new passen-
ger depot should be urged officially and
formally. A five-mile survey for a street
material tramWay to the canyon was
recommended, with a view to the &C
QUESTION of franchise in the future.
The survey was left with the committee,
with powers to act.
Judge r. K. Williams, upon the sever
ance of his official connections with the
City Council, thanked this body for past
pleasant relations.
The Sexton complained of several
abuses committed on the city cemetery
and wanted to know about his work and
remuneration. Left with the Committee
on Public Grounds.
The $4,000 note OF the city with in
terest $4,000 falls due on May LIST, like
wise portion of another note.
The Council adjourned till tonight,
D. m, to take up a new liquor or
dinance and the Finance Committee will
report.